Explosion of pressure vessel, piping, or tire · Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures
At a glance
Federal OSHA recorded a severe workplace injury
at ETS-Lindgren, Inc., 1016 Waldron Road, DURANT, OKLAHOMA 74701
on — Cuts, lacerations, punctures without injury to internal structures, affecting the Multiple body parts n.e.c..
Final narrative
An employee was performing maintenance and replacing a seal under a plexiglass viewing cylinder in a pre-expander machine. As the employee was testing the machine before putting it back into service, the viewing cylinder exploded and the employee sustained lacerations to their chest, face, right arm and hand.
Hospitalized Multiple body parts n.e.c. Hydraulic and pressurized cylinders
An employee was working in the fabrication area of a vibratory sifter/dryer when they noticed the access door was not on the machine. As the employee bent down, moving parts on the machine contacted his right hand, resulting in broken ring, middle, and index fingers.
An employee was conducting torching operations using oxygen and propane to cut metal beams within the recycling laydown area. The employee used a hose with an air chuck connection to fill up the yard pickup truck's back tire with oxygen. The tire blew up which caused the oxygen to ignite. The employee sustained fractures, internal injuries, burns, and lacerations.
An employee was replacing a tire on a wheelbarrow when the tire exploded. The employee sustained fractures to his right hand and an abrasion to the right side of his face. The employee was hospitalized and required surgery on his right hand.
An employee was checking the pressure gauge on a unit from a step stool. As he was stepping down, the ball valve ruptured and grazed the side of his left hand. The employee was hospitalized with an injury to the hand near the thumb and required surgery.
A mechanic was changing out an air spring on a concrete mixer truck cab. The air spring was receiving higher air pressure than it was designed to use, because of a faulty level check valve. This increased pressure caused the air spring to burst. Its top portion separated and struck the employee's left forearm, causing a laceration and fracture. The employee was hospitalized, requiring surgery.
An employee was hydro testing and pressurizing a pipe when it blew. The lid struck the employee, causing a gash to his elbow and injury to his abdominal area that required surgery.
More severe injuries in this industry (NAICS 334515)
Two employees were replacing a compressor and were moving it when one employee dropped the compressor and it landed on his right hand on the floor. The employee sustained an amputation to his middle fingertip.
An employee was pulling a cover off a piece of electrical equipment when a flash occurred and they were electrocuted and sustained burns to their face and both hands.
An employee was helping to move a 1,300-pound coil on a cart. The steel caster hit a crack in the concrete, the weld holding the caster onto the cart broke, and the coil and cart tipped over onto the employee. He was hospitalized with a laceration on his forehead and a pelvic fracture on his right side.
An employee was working in the food service warehouse when he experienced chest pain, difficulty breathing, and lost consciousness. The employee sustained carbon monoxide poisoning.
An employee was cutting a piece of metal rod with a metal cutting machine. His right middle finger became caught between the rod and the machine's table. The employee's fingertip was partially amputated.
An employee was working at her desk. She went to stand up and fell to the floor beside the desk. The employee sustained a hip displacement and required surgery.
An employee was processing wood boards at a chop saw when the saw malfunctioned and the blade cut her left hand and fingers. She was hospitalized and her little finger was surgically amputated.